Rihanna’s “Umbrella” is, it seems to me, a very sweet — almost treacly — song: “When the sun shines / We’ll shine together / Told you I’ll be here forever / Said I’ll always be your friend / Took an oath / I’mma stick it out ’till the end.” The video, not so much:

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